Effective as of April 17, 2020, United Capital Consultants, Inc. entered into an Engagement Agreement with Westwood Capital, LLC. pursuant to which Westwood shall provide investment banking, placement and advisory services in connection with financing for certain projects located in Thailand. Westwood will serve as the Company’s exclusive advisor and placement agent for said projects.
Westwood Capital is a New York-based investment bank regulated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and a member firm of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). Since its inception in 1995, Westwood has been involved in a number of transactions in a variety of sectors. We have steered transactions valuing from $50 million to over $1 billion USD. Westwood operates in five key practice areas, Mergers & Acquisitions and Financial Advisory, Securitization and Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Restructuring, and Fund Management and Administration. Mark Gross, Managing Director is Westwood’s representative to UCC.
Mark Gross has over 20 years’ experience as a corporate and investment banker in the US, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia and advises clients in the technology, energy, consumer products, agribusiness, energy and financial services sectors in the US and internationally.
Prior to joining Westwood, he was Head of Origination & Client Coverage, Corporate & Investment Bank and Country CEO, Brazil at Standard Chartered Bank, a UK emerging markets-focused international bank. In addition to advising Brazilian and international multinational firms in Brazil, he advised the bank’s US, Asian and European clients on Brazil/LatAm focused M&A. Before being appointed to this role, he was Head of Strategy & Corporate Development, Americas, for the Wholesale Bank and Wealth Management divisions of the bank.
Before joining StanChart, he spent nearly 20 years at American Express Company where he held a range of senior roles in its international bank, American Express Bank International; its US banking and brokerage units; and in corporate finance.
He was CEO of American Express Bank International, Brazil and COO of its predecessor, a joint venture between Amex and prestigious Brazilian corporate and investment bank, Banco SRL. He led the bank’s activities included lending and advisory to large and midsize Brazilian corporates, privatization advisory, private banking and one of the first consumer lending units in the Brazil market.
He was CEO of American Express Bank FSB and Ameriprise Bank FSB, which provides mortgage, banking, credit card and trust services to private wealth clients, Amex Cardmembers and others in the United States. He also led Global Strategy & Corporate Development for the International Financial Services segment with management responsibilities for wholesale banking, consumer banking and wealth management.
During his career, he has steered M&A and capital markets transactions of over $50 billion in the US and internationally. Mr. Gross has served on the boards of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, Ameriprise Bank FSB, American Express Bank Brazil and the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Brazil Chapter. He was a speaker at the World Economic Forum on the subject of Asian-Latin American Trade and Investment linkages. He holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business of New York University and a B.A. from Rutgers College of Rutgers University.